I know right? Instead of just banging on the doors trying to get in some of them actually taunt him and remind him that they were friends of his in life.
(shudders)
Creepy stuff. The Vampire Apocalypse genre is ridiculously underrated.

Been waiting for this one! It’s too bad Matheson didn’t live to see a really solid adaptation of his book. This was easily the best but still a missed opportunity — didn’t he write the screenplay under pseudonym ? Did I dream that?

James, Mike, you know, Zombies Ate My Neighbors would be a great idea for a movie with all the classic monsters. A classic game that has potential to reignite the flame for those monsters lost in time. If you ever played the game, I think you would strongly agree. I mean there is a plot already laid out. You’ll probably need to tweek it a bit, cause the game itself doesn’t really give a detailed explanation besides the fact that the chaos was caused by a mad scientist names Dr. Toungue. Questions linger on like How, when, and where we’re never really explained to me whenever I played the game.anyways, I’m just a huge fan of that game and it would be cool to know what your thoughts would be on this idea.

I love Last Man On Earth. And I love Omega Man more! But for some reason I can’t find a copy of Last Man On Earth out in the Wild. I thought this might be a great place to plug a thing I did about the history of “Living Dead” movies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2gBvRNRLl8

Last Man on Earth was an adaptation of the novel “I Am Legend,” which was later adapted as… the Omega Man with Charlton Heston(I’m kind of surprised you didn’t know this). And more recently it was again remade as, well, I Am Legend with Will Smith.

Romero has openly stated that his film was Last Man on Earth without zombies.

Let’s see, he asked if the movie Last Man on Earth was based on a Twilight Zone episode – so no, he didn’t know it was from a book. He asks why they never made any movies with a better name than Last Man on Earth, so no, he never mentions Omega Man. And he never mentions I Am Legend. He postulates that Romero took his ideas from Last Man on Earth, but he doesn’t mention Romero specifically stated it himself.

So, exactly what did I say in my post that he “stated in the video?” I’m really curious to know.

I’m so glad you covered this movie, James. I love this film! It’s my favourite adaptation of “I Am Legend” (“Omega Man” was cool too, but I think the Will Smith movie is terrible) .

Also, two staples of current zombie movies seem to have come from this rather than “Night of the Living Dead”. The idea of a global Zombie apocalypse, and the idea of a Zombie virus. In “Night of the Living Dead” society still exists and there’s no explanation for the existence of zombies.

The film “I am Legend” took the title of the book, but never bothered to explain what it meant. The character is supposed to come to a realization that he is essentially a reverse Dracula of sorts. That to the creatures, he’s a legendary monster that kills them by day and who can walk in the sunlight.

it’s not vague to people with more than two braincells. He’s been talking about movies that aren’t in the Halloween vein. Misery isn’t a Halloween movie. Last Man On Earth isn’t a Halloween movie. Human Centipede isn’t a Halloween movie. Silence Of The Lambs isn’t a Halloween movie. Little Shop Of Horrors isn’t a Halloween movie. Candyman isn’t a Halloween movie. The Ring isn’t a Halloween movie.

Halloween movies involve zombies, vampires, ghosts….stuff like Dracula, Frankenstein, Mummy…stuff like that. Just because a movie is scary doesn’t make it a Halloween movie. And I’m willing to bet that I’ve been a fan longer than you….

As you can see @ 3:19 in this vid, they filmed this scene in Rome at the EUR area, which was designed and build in the 1930s for the world fair in 1942 to celebrate 20 years of fascism in Italy. BTW, good review as always!

Wasn’t aware of this film, but I guess I’m going to have to check it out! 🙂 Didn’t know that it was an adaptation of I Am Legend. Interesting connection to Twilight Zone, too. Never would have guessed!

Didn’t knew it was public domain ! Damn ! Good news here ! I LOVE this movie, I LOOOOOOOOOOVE Vincent Price … as far as I’m concerned this is my ultimate “Vincent Price movie”, even more than the fly, house of wax or whatever !
This guy manage to be a father figure, a magnificent loser and an old friend, all at the same time. You can feel how kind this man certainly was when you see him on screen, you can’t help but feel like you met him before and shared some drinks and stories with him. Don’t know many actors who give you this strange feeling of intimacy.

99.9% of the time i’ve watched all the movies you review (still enjoy the reviews though), but i’ve never seen this one so i’ll check it out! (anything with Vincent Price in it is worth a watch – that voice alone is magical)

To me, Night of the Living Dead (1968) is THE original zombie movie. I understand that people want to delve into a film’s possible inspirations to give credit where its due and to better understand the coming-about of a genre. But there was just something about Night of the Living Dead that appealed to me then and to this day. The remake was even awesome, and I’d watch either to this day. Great review though James. I really enjoy learning about those quirky little coincidences that tie seemingly unrelated movies together (like Last Man on Earth being made in ’64, but set in ’68 when Night of the Living Dead released). So far its been an awesome Monster Madness 🙂

Vincent Price absolutely carried this movie. His charisma and ability to portray subtle emotion through narration set the tone for what (I agree with James) could have been a boring film. As far as adaptations go, this one is also very close to the original, keeping the ending in tact. I Am Legend with Will Smith changed the ending, which may have worked better for that particular film.

Damn there’s a color movie or short film where it just shows long shots of empty society (uneaten food on a set table, swings, etc) and it was highly disturbing. I was hoping this was it because for years I’ve tried to remember the name of what I’m thinking of. Anyone?

anyone else notice that its totally taboo to call zombies “zombies” in any horror movie about them? i’m serious try to find any zombie movie with which they’re referred to as that, you won’t be able to! they always call them something else.
why??? i find that so strange..